In Progress Archive - ISPN - Institute for Society, Population and Nature

Diagnosis of the Peoples and Territories of the Cerrado and promotion of initiatives to strengthen the territorial and environmental management of indigenous lands in the Cerrado

August 29th, 2025

To develop and disseminate a Diagnosis of the Peoples and Territories of the Cerrado and to promote initiatives to strengthen the territorial and environmental management of the Indigenous Lands of the Cerrado, including political articulations, indigenous mobilization, and communication strategies. The initiative is carried out by...

Forest + Amazon – Communities Modality

August 29th, 2025

The ISPN Indigenous Peoples Program supports two projects within the Floresta+ Amazônia initiative. The first, in partnership with the Nairuy Taw Association, strengthens the role of women in the conservation and recovery of degraded areas in the Araribóia Indigenous Territory.

Gurupi Mosaic Indigenous Lands Management and Restoration Project

August 29th, 2025

The project supports nine indigenous associations in the Gurupi Mosaic (MA/PA), focusing on the development and implementation of Environmental and Territorial Management Plans (PGTAs), forest restoration and agroforestry, institutional strengthening, training in strategic communication for indigenous youth, and support for...

Indigenous Program for Student Retention and Opportunities at the University (PIPOU)

28 July 2025

The PIPOU program aims to support Indigenous students in their undergraduate academic journeys, seeking to mitigate the challenges they face in remaining in their programs. It offers scholarships, laptops, and educational activities such as discussion groups and workshops to improve academic writing skills.

Indigenous Landscapes

28 July 2025

It contributes to the environmental and territorial management strategies of indigenous peoples in the Gurupi Mosaic (MA/PA) and the Timbira Territory (MA/TO). The project's principle is to promote rights, forms of socio-political organization, and integrated management tools.

Sustainability and Value Creation in Production Chains (Babaçu Dialogue)

28 July 2025

Its objective is to “Facilitate the process of mobilization and engagement of key actors in favor of the strengthening and sustainable development of the babassu value chain” with actions to support, plan and strengthen the Babassu Dialogue Collective in Maranhão.

Productive Backyards of Cariongo/Forest + Amazon

28 July 2025

The project includes 28 families in the Cariongo quilombo, located in Santa Rita (MA), with the objective of generating income and improving the families' nutrition through agroforestry gardens. Developed in partnership with the Association of Rural Agroproducers of

Agroecological Renaissance in Quilombos: Quilombola farms, backyards and agroindustries/Forest + Amazon

28 July 2025

The project aims to strengthen productive capacity and food security by promoting agroecological processes and technologies in 09 quilombos located in Anajatuba (MA), where ISPN implements actions in partnership with the Union of

Strengthening civil society in Maranhão to address the impacts of soybean expansion

28 July 2025

ISPN is responsible for carrying out activities foreseen in the Law and Governance Axis, specifically those focused on disseminating information and registering 50 communities on the "Tô no Mapa" app, as well as providing training and strengthening participatory bodies.

Basic Environmental Plan for the Awa and Guajajara Indigenous Component of the Caru and Rio Pindaré Indigenous Lands (PBACI)

28 July 2025

The PBACI (Basic Environmental Plan for Indigenous Areas) of the Awa and Guajajara peoples, who inhabit the Caru and Rio Pindaré Indigenous Lands (Maranhão), is part of the environmental licensing process for the expansion of the Carajás Railway (FUNAI Process 08620.002018./2007-DV), under the responsibility of the company Vale SA.